{"id":9919,"date":"2022-01-19T08:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9919"},"modified":"2022-01-11T14:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T19:29:42","slug":"i-made-a-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/19\/i-made-a-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"I made a thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" data-attachment-id=\"9920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/19\/i-made-a-thing\/nora-and-her-latte\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1590,987\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1641807845&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nora-And-Her-Latte\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-400x248.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-600x372.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-600x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-400x248.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte-1536x953.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Nora-And-Her-Latte.jpg 1590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Original illustration of Nora from Halloween Resurrection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is another piece that I drew to someone else&#8217;s specifications (though they didn&#8217;t know it until they got it for Christmas).   Long ago I thought I would hate to be an artist for hire and avoided all requests for drawing, but I find drawing something out of my norm to be very invigorating.  Granted, my most recent experiences did not involve negotiated changes to the art.  This is something I saw in my Father&#8217;s industry that steered me away from an art career of any kind.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway,  the picture is of Tyra Banks&#8217; character Nora in Halloween Resurrection (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halloween:_Resurrection\">wiki<\/a>) enjoying a latte while her coworker is murdered on a screen just outside her eye-line.  I had to composite a few different angles from the movie as the two images do not appear quite like I needed them to in the movie as I&#8217;ve seen it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is another piece that I drew to someone else&#8217;s specifications (though they didn&#8217;t know it until they got it for Christmas). Long ago I thought I would hate to be an artist for hire and avoided all requests for drawing, but I find drawing something out of my norm to be very invigorating. Granted,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/01\/19\/i-made-a-thing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I made a 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